Rice hulls/straw to be feedstock for ethanol facility 

Jun 16, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

If Pan Gen Global’s plans are carried out, Arkansas rice straw and hulls will soon be the feedstock for ethanol and silica sodium oxide. ...

Plant Board worked quickly on Newpath shortage 

Jun 13, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

To say that a shortage of Newpath early into the rice growing season was a frustrating thing for a lot of people would be a gross understatement. ...

USA Rice Federation farm bill meetings in Louisiana 

Jun 13, 2008

USA Rice Federation will provide industry members with an overview and explanation of key provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 at three educational meetings scheduled June 18 and 19 in south Louisiana....

BASF manufactures more Newpath 

Jun 9, 2008,

By Elton Robinson
Farm Press Editorial Staff

BASF has announced that it is manufacturing and distributing enough Newpath herbicide to treat 600,000 acres of Clearfield rice beginning this week. ...

Mississippi: emergency exemption for Clearfield rice herbicides 

Jun 6, 2008

Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell has announced that three herbicides have been approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for emergency exemption in the control of red rice and other weeds that may be present in Clearfield rice. ...

Many drift problems in Arkansas rice fields 

Jun 6, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

I hope the way this year is starting in the field is not a sign of things to come. ...

Arkansas works to fill shortage of Newpath for rice 

Jun 4, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

The past three days have been the most hectic I can remember in my career as a weed scientist....

USA Rice to hold farm bill overview meetings 

Jun 4, 2008

USA Rice Federation leaders will provide industry members with an overview and explanation of the key provisions of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 at a series of educational meetings to be held in June and July....

Command-resistant barnyardgrass: testing and treatments 

May 30, 2008,

By David Bennett
Farm Press Editorial Staff

Incidents of herbicide-resistant barnyardgrass in Arkansas are common and destined to become even more so....

Rice weed control may require creative approaches 

May 30, 2008,

By Ford L. Baldwin
Practical Weed Consultants, LLC.

We have a grape colaspis (lespedeza worm) epidemic in some rice areas of Arkansas — especially on the Grand Prairie. ...

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